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Geshe Tashi Tsering Appointed Abbot of Sera Mey Monastery
His Holiness the Dalai Lama has appointed Geshe Tashi Tsering abbot of Sera Mey Monastery in Bylakuppe, South India. A long-time FPMT resident teacher, Geshe Tashi Tsering will be relocating from the UK to India, returning to the monastery where ... Read more »
Stupa to Hold Holy Body of Trulshik Rinpoche
Thubten Chöling is a large monastery built by the late Trulshik Rinpoche in the 1960s in Solu Khumbu near Chailsa, Nepal. One of the greatest living masters of the Nyingma and rime traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, Trulshik Rinpoche, who passed ... Read more »
Be Mindful That Everything Is Imputed by the Mind
Mindfulness of how things exist as merely labeled by the mind can bring peace and happiness, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explained while teaching at the 100 Million Mani Mantra Retreat in Italy. “What you see, what you hear, what you think, ... Read more »
Le Service de traduction de la FPMT Offers Audio Books in French
By Ven. Lobsang Détchèn Les Éditions Mahayana is very happy to announce its first two audio books: « Premiers pas dans la méditation », which comprises twelve guided meditations specially designed to guide beginners step by step in their meditation ... Read more »
Geshe Tenzin Zopa at Oxford University
FPMT touring teacher Geshe Tenzin Zopa recently completed an eight-week So-Wide Visitorship for Traditional Scholars in the Tibetan and Himalayan Studies program, part of the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Oxford University in the UK. A small group of master’s ... Read more »
Rejoicing in the Compassionate Work of FPMT Mongolia’s Lamp of the Path
Lamp of the Path NGO (LOP), part of FPMT Mongolia, offers social services to some of the poor and homeless living in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It has two main programs: a soup kitchen, which offered over 12,290 meals in 2017; and ... Read more »
New Video: Merit in a Circle
Ven. Tenzin Tsulrim, a long-time member and student at FPMT Center Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore, shares a video she made in 2017 about her practice of circumambulation around holy objects: Since receiving ordination from His Holiness the Dalai Lama ... Read more »
FPMT International Office e-News for April – Out Now!
We hope you enjoy the April edition of the FPMT International Office e-News! This month we bring you: Updates to Rinpoche’s schedule, including an initiation particularly beneficial to those serving in the organization; , New materials from Education Services; , ... Read more »
By Cherishing Sentient Beings You Will Achieve Enlightenment
“Achieving enlightenment by depending on Buddha, Victorious One, is exactly the same as achieving enlightenment by depending on sentient beings,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches during a session of the 2017 Light of the Path retreat, captured in this six-minute video ... Read more »
‘The Happiness of Dharma,’ A Living in the Path Module
In the Living in the Path module “The Happiness of Dharma,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche gives teachings on the topic of the precious, or perfect, human rebirth and shows us how all our happiness comes from practicing Dharma. “When constantly the ... Read more »
An Inside Look at The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion
Lama Zopa Rinpoche is currently leading the Bodhicaryavatara and Rinjung Gyatsa Retreat at the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Bendigo, Australia . The six-week retreat began on March 30 and is scheduled to conclude on May 12, 2018. Lama ... Read more »